Daring to go where few bands have gone before, Future Islands have done the unthinkable and covered ‘Last Christmas’, the classic festive song originally made famous by Wham! The Baltimore group’s playful reworking retains the song’s charm and melody as Samuel T. Herring’s distinctive vocals adds potent emotional heft to George Michael’s bittersweet lyrics. Future Islands headline Australian / New Zealand tour tickets go on general sale Thursday, 3rd November at 10am local time. For more information and full tour details head to handsometours.com Stream...
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Following their first-ever North American tour which included a sold-out hometown show at Thalia Halland an opening slot for Pavement in New York, the Chicago-based trio now release their cover of Minutemen’s ‘History Lesson Part 2.’ While only available via a 7” in the past, the song is now available digitally for the first time today. ‘History Lesson Part 2’ “has always been a punk manifesto for us,” says Horsegirl. “It was an unusual...
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After a four year pause, Victoria Bergsman’s Taken By Trees returns with a mini album of Colin Blunstone covers entitled Another Year, which will be released on December 9th. ‘Say You Don’t Mind’ is the first track from the mini album, , a song written and originally recorded by The Moody Blues’ Denny Laine in 1967, which was then a solo hit for Colin Blunstone in 1972. This mini album...
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